From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefan Schantl To: development@lists.ipfire.org Subject: Re: Fwd: [Clamav-announce] =?utf-8?q?ClamAV=C2=AE?= blog: ClamAV 0.104.0 released Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2021 18:36:05 +0200 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <7F07C7BE-2F52-482B-9299-2F53C2505901@ipfire.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============4910938995728631505==" List-Id: --===============4910938995728631505== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Michael, Hello Matthias, Hello list, > Hello everyone, >=20 > I just received this announcement that clamav 0.104.0 has been > released. >=20 > The interesting things for us are the changes in the build system: >=20 > * It now requires cmake which isn=E2=80=99t a problem >=20 > * It now requires LLVM which we don=E2=80=99t have >=20 > LLVM is probably going to be large, but Stefan has already played > around with it and we might be able to merge his patches. So, Stefan, > could you please post them? I suppose Matthias is the de-facto > maintainer of clamav. You will need to merge these patches locally to > see if clamav is happy with what Stefan has built. I've created and pushed a new LLVM git branch in my personal git repository, which builds the LLVM compiler suite. https://git.ipfire.org/?p=3Dpeople/stevee/ipfire-2.x.git;a=3Dshortlog;h=3Dref= s/heads/llvm I hope this will do the trick with the new clamav version. Best regards, -Stefan >=20 > This will be an interesting project :) >=20 > -Michael >=20 > > Begin forwarded message: > >=20 > > From: "Joel Esler (jesler)" > > Subject: [Clamav-announce] ClamAV=C2=AE blog: ClamAV 0.104.0 released > > Date: 3 September 2021 at 16:51:29 BST > > To: "ClamAV-announce(a)lists.clamav.net" < > > ClamAV-announce(a)lists.clamav.net>, "clamav-users(a)lists.clamav.net" > > > > Reply-To: noreply(a)clamav.net > >=20 > >=20 > > >=20 > > > https://blog.clamav.net/2021/09/clamav-01040-released.html > > >=20 > > > ClamAV 0.104.0 releasedClamAV 0.104.0 is available as an official > > > release as of today. > > > We are also announcing a new Long Term Support (LTS) program > > > today in an update to our End-of-Life (EOL) policy. The LTS will > > > start retroactively with ClamAV 0.103, the previous feature > > > release. This new LTS policy extends the life of 0.103 up through > > > September 2023 and will facilitate the production of more > > > frequent feature releases while enabling users to rely on a > > > supported version for years to come if they cannot keep pace with > > > the feature release cadence. For full details about the Long Term > > > Support program, you can see the LTS announcement blog post and > > > review=C2=A0the LTS policy in our online documentation. > > > We're also introducing new install packages to make it easier for > > > folks to upgrade without having to build ClamAV from source and > > > without having to wait for a community volunteer to package the > > > latest release. You can find the new install packages on=C2=A0the > > > ClamAV.net Downloads Page. > > > Today you can find: > > > =C2=A0* x86_64 and i686 RPM packages compatible with RPM-based Linux > > > distributions running glibc version 2.17 or newer. > > > =C2=A0* x86_64 and i686 DEB packages compatible with Debian-based > > > Linux distributions running glibc version 2.23 or newer. > > > =C2=A0* An x86_64/ARM64 macOS installer package is compatible with > > > Intel and Apple M1 systems. > > > =C2=A0* x64 and win32 Windows packages are compatible with Windows 7 > > > and newer. > > > In the future, we hope to supplement these with ARM64 Linux DEB > > > and RPM packages and an x86_64 FreeBSD package. > > > Please note that you may find installations in this release > > > require more manual configuration than when using a preconfigured > > > package provided by a Linux or Unix distribution. See=C2=A0our > > > installation instructions on clamav.net=C2=A0for more information. > > > ClamAV 0.104.0 includes the following improvements and changes. > > >=20 > > > New Requirements * As of ClamAV 0.104, CMake is required to build > > > ClamAV.We have added comprehensive build instructions for using > > > CMake to the new=C2=A0INSTALL.md=C2=A0file. The online documentation wi= ll > > > also be updated to include CMake build instructions.The Autotools > > > and the Visual Studio build systems have been removed. > > >=20 > > > Major changes * The built-in LLVM for the bytecode runtime has > > > been removed.The bytecode interpreter is the default runtime for > > > bytecode signatures just as it was in ClamAV 0.103.We hoped to > > > add support for newer versions of LLVM, but ran out of time. If > > > you're building ClamAV from source and you wish to use LLVM > > > instead of the bytecode interpreter, you will need to supply the > > > development libraries for LLVM version 3.6.2. See=C2=A0the "bytecode > > > runtime" section in=C2=A0INSTALL.md=C2=A0to learn more. > > > =C2=A0* There are now official ClamAV images on Docker Hub.Docker Hub > > > ClamAV tags:clamav/clamav:: A release preloaded with > > > signature databases.Using this container will save the ClamAV > > > project some bandwidth. Use this if you will keep the image > > > around so that you don't download the entire database set every > > > time you start a new container. Updating with FreshClam from the > > > existing databases set does not use much > > > data.clamav/clamav:_base: A release with no signature > > > databases.Use this container=C2=A0only=C2=A0if you mount a volume in yo= ur > > > container under=C2=A0/var/lib/clamav=C2=A0to persist your signature > > > database databases. This method is the best option because it > > > will reduce data costs for ClamAV and for the Docker registry, > > > but it does require advanced familiarity with Linux and > > > Docker.Caution: Using this image without mounting an existing > > > database directory will cause FreshClam to download the entire > > > database set each time you start a new container.You can use > > > the=C2=A0unstable=C2=A0version > > > (i.e.=C2=A0clamav/clamav:unstable=C2=A0or=C2=A0clamav/clamav:unstable_b= ase) to > > > try the latest from our development branch.Please, be kind when > > > using 'free' bandwidth, both for the virus databases but also the > > > Docker registry. Try not to download the entire database set or > > > the larger ClamAV database images on a regular basis.For more > > > details, see=C2=A0the ClamAV Docker documentation.Special thanks to > > > Olliver Schinagl for his excellent work creating ClamAV's new > > > Docker files, image database deployment tooling, and user > > > documentation. > > > =C2=A0* clamd=C2=A0and=C2=A0freshclam=C2=A0are now available as Windows= services. To > > > install and run them, use the=C2=A0--install-service=C2=A0option and=C2= =A0net > > > start [name]=C2=A0command.Special thanks to Gianluigi Tiesi for his > > > original work on this feature. > > >=20 > > > Notable changesThe following was added in 0.103.1 and is repeated > > > here for awareness, as patch versions do not generally introduce > > > new options: > > > =C2=A0* Added a new scan option to alert on broken media (graphics) > > > file formats. This feature mitigates the risk of malformed media > > > files intended to exploit vulnerabilities in other software. At > > > present, media validation exists for JPEG, TIFF, PNG and GIF > > > files. To enable this feature, set=C2=A0AlertBrokenMedia yes=C2=A0in > > > clamd.conf, or use the=C2=A0--alert-broken-media=C2=A0option when > > > using=C2=A0clamscan. These options are disabled by default in this > > > patch release but may be enabled in a subsequent release. > > > Application developers may enable this scan option by > > > enabling=C2=A0CL_SCAN_HEURISTIC_BROKEN_MEDIA=C2=A0for the=C2=A0heuristi= c=C2=A0scan > > > option bit field. > > > =C2=A0* Added CL_TYPE_TIFF, CL_TYPE_JPEG types to match GIF, PNG > > > typing behavior. BMP and JPEG 2000 files will continue to detect > > > as CL_TYPE_GRAPHICS because ClamAV does not yet have BMP or JPEG > > > 2000 format checking capabilities. > > > =C2=A0* Added progress callbacks to libclamav for:database > > > load:=C2=A0cl_engine_set_clcb_sigload_progress()engine > > > compile:=C2=A0cl_engine_set_clcb_engine_compile_progress()engine > > > free:=C2=A0cl_engine_set_clcb_engine_free_progress()These new > > > callbacks enable an application to monitor and estimate load, > > > compile, and unload progress. See=C2=A0clamav.h=C2=A0for API details. > > > =C2=A0* Added progress bars to ClamScan for the signature load and > > > engine compile steps before a scan begins. The start-up progress > > > bars won't be enabled if ClamScan isn't running in a terminal > > > (i.e. stdout is not a TTY), or if any of these options are used:- > > > -debug--quiet--infected--no-summary > > > Other improvements * Added the=C2=A0%f=C2=A0format string option to the > > > ClamD VirusEvent feature to insert the file path of the scan > > > target when a virus-event occurs. This supplements the > > > VirusEvent=C2=A0%v=C2=A0option which prints the signature (virus) name.= The > > > ClamD VirusEvent feature also provides two environment > > > variables,=C2=A0$CLAM_VIRUSEVENT_FILENAME=C2=A0and=C2=A0$CLAM_VIRUSEVEN= T_VIRUSNA > > > ME=C2=A0for a similar effect. Patch courtesy of Vasile Papp. > > > =C2=A0* Improvements to the AutoIt extraction module. Patch courtesy > > > of cw2k. > > > =C2=A0* Added support for extracting images from Excel *.xls (OLE2) > > > documents. > > > =C2=A0* Trusted SHA256-based Authenticode hashes can now be loaded in > > > from *.cat files. For more information, visit our=C2=A0Authenticode > > > documentation=C2=A0about using *.cat files with *.crb rules to trust > > > signed Windows executables. > > >=20 > > > Bug fixes * Fixed a memory leak affecting logical signatures that > > > use the "byte compare" feature. Patch courtesy of Andrea De > > > Pasquale. > > > =C2=A0* Fixed bytecode match evaluation for PDF bytecode hooks in PDF > > > file scans. > > > =C2=A0* Other minor bug fixes. > > >=20 > > > AcknowledgmentsThe ClamAV team thanks the following individuals > > > for their code submissions: > > > =C2=A0* Alexander Golovach > > > =C2=A0* Andrea De Pasquale > > > =C2=A0* Andrew Williams > > > =C2=A0* Arjen de Korte > > > =C2=A0* Armin Kuster > > > =C2=A0* Brian Bergstrand > > > =C2=A0* cw2k > > > =C2=A0* Duane Waddle > > > =C2=A0* Gianluigi Tiesi > > > =C2=A0* Jonas Zaddach > > > =C2=A0* Kenneth Hau > > > =C2=A0* Mark Fortescue > > > =C2=A0* Markus Strehle > > > =C2=A0* Olliver Schinagl > > > =C2=A0* Orion Poplawski > > > =C2=A0* Sergey Valentey > > > =C2=A0* Sven Rue=C3=9F > > > =C2=A0* Tom Briden > > > =C2=A0* Tuomo Soini > > > =C2=A0* Vasile Papp > > > =C2=A0* Yasuhiro Kimura > > _______________________________________________ > >=20 > > clamav-announce mailing list > > clamav-announce(a)lists.clamav.net > > https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-announce > >=20 > > http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml >=20 --===============4910938995728631505==--